• DocumentCode
    3577734
  • Title

    A new microwave asphalt radar

  • Author

    Olkkonen, Martta-Kaisa ; Eskelinen, Pekka ; Huuskonen-Snicker, Eeva ; Pellinen, Terhi ; Martinez, Pablo Olmos

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Autom., Aalto Univ., Espoo, Finland
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This article presents a new K-band asphalt radar for evaluating road pavement surface layer density during construction. The frequency range of operation is 13-17 GHz. A high frequency band is needed since the new asphalt overlays are very thin. Therefore, better resolution of the radar system is required. In this paper, the new radar system is described in detail. The first laboratory analyses of the asphalt sample are presented using the new radar. This serves the purpose of evaluating and testing the performance of the new radar measurement setup. The radar will be used later for mobile road surveying.
  • Keywords
    radar; K-band asphalt radar; asphalt overlays; asphalt sample; microwave asphalt radar; mobile road surveying; radar measurement; radar system; road pavement surface; Asphalt; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Roads; asphalt study; radar; road surveying;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference (Radar), 2014 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060386
  • Filename
    7060386